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noun
The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A way in which one is susceptible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
emotional sensitivity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: sensitivity
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noun
electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
the state of being susceptible; easily affected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: susceptibleness
Antonyms: unsusceptibility
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: liability, capability, capacity, sensitivity, predisposition, reactivity, suggestibility
History
Etymology tree English susceptible Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English susceptibility From susceptible + -ity.
Across languages
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
